Snow blankets Midwest and starts to head east

University of Iowa student Zach Smothers' glasses fog up while he walks thorugh the snow and bone-chilling wind Feb. 1, in Iowa City, United States. The National Weather Service has warned that the coming winter storm will produce blizzard-like conditions, including the possibility of 12-inches of snow in southeast Iowa and more throughout the Plains and Midwest states.

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Snow falls on the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park on Feb. 1, in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is under a blizzard warning for today and Wednesday as forecasters predict up to 20 inches of snow will fall on the city coupled with wind gusts of up to 60 mph.

The snow is coming fast and furious in the Midwest. We've started gathering the best images of the storm moving across a huge chunk of the country in a slideshow. The storm obviously means different things for these pedestrians. For the student in Iowa, a bit of cold misery. For the duo at Chicago's Millenium park, a moment of serene beauty.